Photo and bio of George Warren Samuel, or George Samuel, a merchant and insurance agent born in Kentucky in 1810 and moving to Fayette, Missouri in 1828 and then to Platte City, Missouri in 1838 and to...

Biographical sketch of Captain Jarvis Rogers, a banker and farmer in Cameron, Missouri. Born in Ohio in 1827 and moving to Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1850 as a Gold Rush participant before moving to Cameron...

Biographical sketch of Albe Saxton, a Saint Joseph railroad and bank executive born in Cleveland in 1821 and moving to Saint Joseph, Missouri (then called "Black Snake Hills") in 1843 as a pioneer trader...

Biographical sketch of Richard Turner, a western freighter and dry goods merchant of Saint Joseph, Missouri. Born in Virginia in 1830 and moving to Millersburg, Missouri in 1848 as a store clerk before...

Biographical sketch of William Rush, Jr., prosecuting attorney of Daviess County, Missouri. Born in Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1849 and becoming assistant city attorney there before moving to Maryville,...

Biographical sketch of John Bailey, part owner "of the wholesale dry goods house of Bailey, Wood & Co., St. Joseph, Missouri," arriving in Saint Joseph in 1851 with "the dry goods house of Messrs. Ingram...

Photo and bio of William Wyeth, a hardware and saddlery company executive of Saint Joseph. Born in Pennsylvania in 1832 and moving to Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1859 as a hardware merchant opening a Kansas...

Biographical sketch of James Willis, warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri since 1875. Born in Maryland in 1830 and raised in Buchanan County, Missouri before becoming "probably...

Biographical sketch of Jefferson Chandler, a "soldier, lawyer, and politician" from Maine, moving to Missouri during the Civil War, becoming a lawyer and editor of the Saint Joseph Herald in Saint Joseph,...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Philemon Bliss, a lawyer and legislator in Ohio, moving to Kansas in the 1850s as an anti-slavery activist, appointed in 1861 "Chief Justice of Dacotah Territory," moving...

Biographical sketch of Adam Klippel, a miner and former newspaper journalist, Methodist minister, printer, and railway postal clerk in Oregon, Missouri. Description of his life and career, born in Germany...

Centennial history of the Sacred Heart Convent in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and history of the Society of the Sacred Heart since 1801, with photos, illustrations, and description of the Catholic school for...

Photos, map, and article about the Loess Hills following the Missouri River north of Kansas City "between Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Sioux City, Iowa." Description of their formation at the edge of the...